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'The streets are full of admirable craftsmen, but so few practical
dreamers.' -- Man Ray What if there were movies made the same way
as suits, custom fitted, each one tailored for one person? Not
broadcast, but narrowcast? Not theatres around the world showing
the same globalized pictures, but instead a local circumstance, a
movie so particular, so peculiar, it could cure night blindness or
vertigo? Welcome to the world of fringe movies, where artists have
been busy putting queer shoulders to the wheels, or bending light
to talk about First Nations rights (and making it funny at the same
time), or demonstrating how a personality can be taken apart and
put together again, all in the course of a ten-minute movie which
might take years to make. Practical Dreamers takes us to this other
side of the media plantation. In it, twenty-seven Canadian artists
dish about how they get it done and why it matters. The
conversations are personal, up close and jargon free, smart without
smarting. The stellar cast includes smartbomb Steve Reinke;
visionary Peter Mettler; Middle East specialist Jayce Salloum;
queer Asian avatars Richard Fung, Midi Onodera, Ho Tam, and Wayne
Yung; footage recyclers Aleesa Cohene and Jubal Brown; overhead
projector king Daniel Barrow; First Nations vets Kent Monkman and
Shelley Niro; international art presence Paulette Philips; and
documentarian Donigan Cumming. These in-depth talks come lavishly
illustrated in an oversized volume.
The book is constructed as a series of conversations between
filmmaker Mike Hoolboom and moving-image artist Chase Joynt.
Hoolboom was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in the 80s and would have died
if not for the introduction of the 'cocktail' therapy in 1995.
Chase Joynt is a transgender individual (female-to-male). The
book's title refers to the notion that they are both currently
living 'second lives.' Mike and Chase have a fascinating dynamic
and will perform the book well in public. They'll also produce a
high-quality book trailer and investigate other moving-image
strategies to promote the book. YOLT is true fiction, part of the
auto-genre wave that includes the diary crypts of Knausgaard, the
friendship recordings of Sheila Heti and the theory-fiction of
Maggie Nelson and Chris Krauss. High-profile trans people (Caitlyn
Jenner, Laverne Cox, Chaz Bono) have put the trans experience and
transgender cultural production in the spotlight recently. YOLT
offers an intersectional perspective and an embodied experience of
our post-biopolitical world. Seeking blurbs from Maggie Nelson,
Lana Wachowski and Michelle Tea. The conversation is framed through
the life and work of filmmaker Chris Marker (La Jetee, the
inspiration for the film 12 Monkeys).
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